Handle every stressful situation like a puppy.
If you can't eat it or play with it, just piss on it and walk away.

Saturday, December 30, 2006

LAST POST FOR 2006

It could be the last post for a few days if the dial-up connection doesn't right itself. I'm having trouble getting any pages up with a 'cannot find server' message every time I try. This is all from when I installed IE7 so I'm blaming Microsoft. That's one resolution for 2007, move to firefox when I figure out how to change all the settings for mail etc.

The cat has just had a convulsive fit that had him throwing himself all around the room. Almost as though someone had him on a string. He peed everywhere and cried but he's now lying by the open door but I think a one way trip to the vet is coming up. I can't have him in pain and he's going on 19 but with the hard life he's had, it's more like 29.

We are in the process of setting up respite care for Mum. Today she was reasonable and if it was in place she probably would have agreed. Two days from now she'll turn around and refuse all help. It's been that kind of Christmas. Another reason I haven't posted because it's been too painful to put into words, respite care or nursing home and she's not rational enough to make her own decisions so it's going to be kicking and yelling all the way.

I still have my bottle of Jacob's Creek and I think New Year's Eve will be the right time to hit it.2007 can't be as rough as this year has been.

The only good bit of news was our beloved Prime Minister saying that he would be glad to have a nuclear reactor in his backyard, so saving us thinking about that problem. Of course, he thinks that the whole of Australia is his backyard so we still might have a problem.

Hi JT, couldn't agree more about our trusted PM...Did I really say trusted??Enjoy your Jacob's creek my dear and I think that next year will be a much better one for you......afterall ya could always adopt a delightful daughter like me! ; >

Hi there, sweetie. I am sorry to hear of your cat's difficulties on top of all else. The thing I envy most about animals is their inability to think about the future and to ponder and reason and worry as we humans do. That ability is both a curse and a blessing, isn't it. When I took my 22-year old cat in for the last time it didn't hurt her of course. They are so lucky. Just think that way. And think of kittens, JT. Kittens are wonderful. Go play with somebody's soft, energetic, fuzzy, silly kittens. Pick them up and put them on your shoulder and feel those tiny needles sink into your skin as they nuzzle and purr at your cheek; sit on the floor and let them crawl all over you as they try to reach the moving toy; bury your nose in their fur and inhale--not once but a hundred times. Suck in some of that youth, some of that energy.And, as long as I am here, I'll give you a New Year's present. Go herehttp://www.littleredboat.co.uk/ and be sure to open up the comments and read them. I wanna hear you laugh all the way over here. :)You're gonna do fine, kiddo. You're gonna do fine.

I hope things ease with your mum, but if not sometimes a little bit of what you fancy makes it easier to take... thats what God made it for I reckon.

My mum died at 66 quite young really...and she was a wild wonderful colourful happy woman for 7 months of the year...her true self...but the other three months were hell and she knew what it was like to be inside her and also what effect it had on us... poor bugger suffered cyclic deep deep depressions...and she weould fad into herself, not eat, not do anything and the energy drain was dreadful...

Even more dreadful was that she knew...

But everyone is different...mum was such a gentle funny tolerant person...that was her personality...the sickness was on top. Everyone has the personality they had without the sickness and this can make things harder for some.

Zoe, you would be so lucky, I am a wonderful mother, now would you like to buy this nice bridge I've got for sale in Sydney?

Janet, never again with the animals. I would not even buy the most gorgeous kitten calender for 2007. I will try the link but I'm having connection problems.

MD, there are so many variations of dementia and degrees of severity that I would have her checked by an expert in the field. Don't forget too that urinary tract infections left untreated can lead to similar symptoms. See if he has PoA over medical as well as financial, here they're separate.

Link, I feel the pain, the exasperation, the wanting to stab oneself with sharp objects. Mine is trying so hard to be normal that it kills me when I yell.

Middlechild, my sister says this is the hard part, where they know that what they're doing is not right. When a person really loses it, they're happy because they don't know. I'd hate knowing I was losing part of my mind and it's getting close.